Monday, February 16, 2009

Twitter

"Isn't a blog, a website, MySpace and Facebook enough?" I asked."No," she said, eyeing me with all the indulgence a parent might eye a two year-old who doesn't understand why he can't keep taking off his underpants. She then told me to open an account and she would find me some followers."But isn't Twitter just a bunch of short messages on the cell phone?" I asked. "I don't get it?""You're a writer. You need it," is all she said.

So now I'm on Twitter, with all these followers--289 since Friday. Who are all these people? And are they really my followers? "If you're really my follower, bring me some chocolate! Stat!"

Knowing how much I think of Meg Cabot, Tatiana sent me to Meg's Twitter site. Meg sent four personal messages today. President's Day! A holiday!!! She has a husband, a blog, tours regularly and writes a book about every five minutes. And she has time to send four tweets?

I'm not sure what Twitter is, but it's making me feel like an underachiever.

5 comments:

Don't feel bad. I've had Twitter for a couple of months now, and I still haven't quite mastered the art of followers and whatnot. Plus, I have a full-time day job. I'm not sure my boss would appreciate me tweeting all day. At least you have Tatiana! :)